IN SITU PHOTOGRAPHY RELATING TO 

Hypericum radfordiorum Weakley ex J. R. Allison

by James R. Allison. Copyright 2010. All rights reserved.  

 

Alexander County, North Carolina: Joe Mountain

June 27, 2003

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Hypericum radfordiorum locally abundant in this year of normal rainfall and apparently thriving

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Happy plants with lots of distinctly foliose supernumerary flowering-branches

 

June 21, 2006

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Outcrop already drought-struck on the first day of summer in 2006.

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At the time of this 2006 visit to a population that seemed quite large in 2003,  the only evidence of Hypericum radfordiorum was dead remains from 2005.

 

July 25, 2006
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Coreopsis  pubescens Elliott var. robusta A. Gray ex Eames and view to Little Joe Mountain. Drought has temporarily abated somewhat, but browned (dead) conifers attest to its severity.

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There had been a little rain before this return visit and it was possible to find a very few plants trying to make a rather late start.